CACOPHONY


Meaning of CACOPHONY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. a harsh discordant mixture of sound.

2 dissonance; discord.

Derivatives:

cacophonous adj.

Etymology: F cacophonie f. Gk kakophonia f. kakophonos f. kakos bad + phone sound

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.